'where not in' query with doctrine query builder - symfony

Question

Im trying to reproduce this query:
SELECT * FROM `request_lines`
where request_id not in(
select requestLine_id from `asset_request_lines` where asset_id = 1
)
in doctrine query builder,
I am stuck on the where request_id not in(select
I currently have:
$linked = $em->createQueryBuilder()
->select('rl')
->from('MineMyBundle:MineRequestLine', 'rl')
->where()
->getQuery()
->getResult();

Answer 1

You need to use query builder expressions, and this means you need access to the query builder object. Also, the code is easier to write if you generate the subselect list ahead of time:
$qb = $em->createQueryBuilder();
$nots = $qb->select('arl')
->from('$MineMyBundle:MineAssetRequestLine', 'arl')
->where($qb->expr()->eq('arl.asset_id',1))
->getQuery()
->getResult();
$linked = $qb->select('rl')
->from('MineMyBundle:MineRequestLine', 'rl')
->where($qb->expr()->notIn('rl.request_id', $nots))
->getQuery()
->getResult();

Answer 2

It is possible to do this in one Doctrine query:
$qb = $this->_em->createQueryBuilder();
$sub = $qb;
$sub = $qb->select('arl')
->from('$MineMyBundle:MineAssetRequestLine', 'arl')
->where($qb->expr()->eq('arl.asset_id',1));
$linked = $qb->select('rl')
->from('MineMyBundle:MineRequestLine', 'rl')
->where($qb->expr()->notIn('rl.request_id', $sub->getDQL()))
->getQuery()
->getResult();
Check the reference in this answer here

Answer 3

Using Symfony 5, this solution might help those, who are trying to set parameters on a subquery, the notIn() 2nd argument accepts an array or you could pass a DQL instead and that's what we are doing here and keep in mind that the parameters should be added to the main query as below.
$main = $this->em->createQueryBuilder();
$sub = $main;
$sub = $sub->select('arl')
->from('$MineMyBundle:MineAssetRequestLine', 'arl')
->where($sub->expr()->eq('arl.asset_id',':id'));
$linked = $main->select('rl')
->from('MineMyBundle:MineRequestLine', 'rl')
->where($main->expr()->notIn('rl.request_id', $sub->getDQL()))
->setParameter('id', 1)
->getQuery()
->getResult();